…sweet chestnuts in Old Park. Some felled, some with just dead branches removed. All under a statutory felling order. sweet chestnuts sweet chestnuts One forgets what a frost pocket Old…

…freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’ Secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Sweet Merlot’ below the lawn. Magnolia ‘Sweet Merlot’ A badger has dug out a huge wasps nest below a fallen beech tree stump….

…young and older magnolias which were out there. We do not have any of the new sweet chestnut disease but a few older sweet chestnuts may have minor Phytophthora ramorum…

…flowering this year. layered his sweet peas layered his sweet peas layered his sweet peas Pear ‘Merton Pride’ was producing a big crop and Will had covered the tree to…

…down on a tree with very small seeds. This has not stopped a squirrel making a pile of eaten ones. Sweet chestnut fruits Sweet chestnut fruits Sweet chestnut fruits Large…

…‘Satisfaction’ Magnolia ‘Satisfaction’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Merlot’ at three stages as the colour fades. Magnolia ‘Sweet Merlot’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Merlot’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Merlot’ Pittosporum tobira ‘Nana’ and Pittosporum tobira ‘Variegata’ growing…

…Memphis Belle Camellia classique Mimosa Jury Camellia reticulata Miss Tulare Camellia classique Sanpei Tsubaki Camellia sasanqua Sekiyo Camellia sasanqua Setsugekka Camellia sasanqua Showa No Sakae Camellia champetre Sweet Emily Kate…

…alstroemeria This Alchemilla mollis was planted here for Serena’s wedding a year ago. Alchemilla mollis The Sweet William are splendid in many colours. All self-sown. Sweet William Sweet William The…

…with some leaves emerging. One day they will look splendid from the castle lawn. Magnolia ‘Sweet Merlot’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Merlot’ 2015 – CHW A filthy day with some rain and…

…felling in my September tree survey. deadish sweet chestnut deadish sweet chestnut Michelia ‘Fairy White’ is laden with buds only three years on from planting out in the garden. A…